SSWH16 The student will demonstrate an understanding of long-term causes of World War I and its global impact.

a. Identify the causes of the war; include Balkan nationalism, entangling alliances, and militarism.

b. Describe conditions on the war front for soldiers; include the Battle of Verdun.

c. Explain the major decisions made in the Versailles Treaty; include German reparations and the mandate system that replaced Ottoman control.

d. Analyze the destabilization of Europe in the collapse of the great empires; include the Romanov and Hapsburg dynasties.



SSWH17 The student will be able to identify the major political and economic factors that shaped world societies between World War I and World War II.

a. Examine the influence of Albert Einstein on science, Sigmund Freud on social thinking and Pablo Picasso on art.

b. Determine the causes and results of the Russian Revolution from the rise of the Bolsheviks under Lenin to Stalin’s first Five Year Plan.

c. Describe the rise of fascism in Europe and Asia by comparing the policies of Benito Mussolini in Italy, Adolf Hitler in Germany, and Hirohito in Japan.

d. Analyze the rise of nationalism as seen in the ideas of Sun Yat Sen, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, and Mohandas Gandhi.

e. Describe the nature of totalitarianism and the police state that existed in Russia, Germany, and Italy and how they differ from authoritarian governments.



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